Shutter and shutter bed for pattern selecting mechanism



May 15, 1 934. G, WHITE 1,958,457

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SHUTTER AND SHUTTER BED FOR PATTERN SELECTING MECHANISM Filed Dec. 30, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented May 15, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHUTTER AND SHUTTER BED FOR PATTERN SELECTING MECHANISM Application December 30, 1932, Serial No. 649,574

19 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in shutters and shutter beds for pattern selecting mechanism and has for one object to provide a new and improved form of shutter and a new and improved form of bed mounted therein and associated parts whereby the shutter may be positioned, actuated and controlled. Another object of the invention is to provide a shutter which will be cheap, light, stiff and strong. Another object is to provide a compact yielding shutter return mechanism. Other objects will appear from time to time throughout the specification and claims.

My invention is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side elevation of the machine showing the position occupied by the shutter bed;

Figure 2 is a section along the line 22 of Figure 1 with parts omitted and parts broken away showing the shutter bed in plan;

Figure 3 is a section along the line 33 of Figure 2 showing the shutters in section;

Figure 4 is a section along the line 4-4 of Figure 2 showing the shutter in section;

Figure 5 is a section along the line 55 of Figure 3 through the shutter bed;

Figure 6 is a plan view of the shutter;

Figure '7 is a side elevation of a shutter;

Figure 8 is a section along the line 8-8 of Figure 6.

Like parts are indicated by like characters throughout the specification and drawings.

It will be understood that the apparatus which forms the basis for this application is merely one of the elements in a complicated pattern selecting mechanism adapted for use in connection with type casting and type setting machines but owing to the complication of the device and the large number of parts involved, I have illustrated in this case only those parts of the mechanism which form the subject matter of this present invention showing them in their proper setting but not illustrating in detail the remaining parts.

It will be understood that the mechanism I am dealing with is a complete operating unit in itself but serves as one unit in a chain of mechanisms. I have illustrated it as part of a type casting machine though obviously the selecting mechanism might be used in connection with type setting machines or in other machines where it was desired to select certain elements, form a pattern, or to designate certain specific parts or cause certain specific elements to move or to remain at rest.

The machine, of course, comprises a rigid framework A A uprights A A a lower cross member A and an upper cross member A J oining the upper and lower cross members A A and supported on them is a typewriter and shutter bed A which in working position is inclined to the horizontal as indicated. Projecting above this bed, preferably mounted on it and preferably integral with it is a generally horizontal typewriter platform A The typewriter bed has at either side downwardly extended flanges A upon which the shutters are pivoted and which flanges form with the typewriter bed, the shutter bed, and also form in effect a closure or housing for the selecting mechanism.

Pivoted on the flanges A are a series of selectter channel is relatively wide and has two flanges, 807

one wider than the other, the shorter one having a very gradual curvature so as to provide a curved contact face. Welded or otherwise attached to each shutter at some point between its ends is a shutter arm C it being understood that since there are a plurality of these shutters, the shutter arms for successive shutters are spaced along the shutter so as to be generally in line with the mechanism controlling that individual shutter. tween a perforation on the shutter arm and the free end of one of the bell crank levers. C is a resistance spring provided for the purpose of resisting rotation of the shutter in a counter clockwise direction as shown in Figure 5 under the 975? influence of the tension rod C It will be understood, of course, that the pull rods 0 are of varying length because the bell crank levers are on the same axis and the shutters are spaced along the shutter bed, hence a 109 longer or shorter member 0 is needed to connect each bell crank lever with its associated shutter. The spring C comprises any suitable type of tension spring. It is anchored at one end on the shutter lever C and at the other end on an anchorage frame C This frame is mounted on the shutter bed above the plane of the shutters.

This frame has a diagonal cross member (3 extending clear across the machine, a diagonal C is a tension rod be- 9 cross member C extending from one side to the end of the frame and a diagonal member C extending inwardly from the end far enough so that a line parallel with the axis of the machine intersects the inner end of the member C the outer end of the member C These three frame abutment members C C C are needed so as to have space for the springs and pull rods for the various shutters as if these members extended across the machine, the springs and pull rods would be so crowded as to be inoperative. The spring associated with the members C and C are merely tension springs. One end of the structure is fastened to the member, the other end is fastened to the shutter. This situation, however, is different with respect to the parts associated with the members C because the shutters come clear to the end of the frame. It would be necessary in order to get a direct pull for the member C to be extended forwardly beyond the frame, hence the member C which is parallel with the member 0 and that member carries rigidly mounted thereon an abutment for the springs C which springs instead of being directly connected to the shutters are connected to eyes C on push rods C which push rods terminate at one end on the shutter arms 0*, at the other end slide in the guide C so that the tension of the springs C associated with the member C instead of acting directly in tension on the shutters act in tension on the eyelets C and this tension is transmitted to pressure applied through the push rods C It will be understood that the rotation of the individual shutters in the shutter bed is one step in the connection between the typewriter and the pattern mechanism. The details of the typewriter and typewriter connection are not shown or discussed in this application, being shown in co-pending cases, because they form no part of the invention herein claimed. The same is true of the connections or chain of connections from the shutter bed onto the pattern mechanism. It will be understood, of course, that this particular shutter bed and shutter mechanism can be used with a multiplicity of different connections between the typewriter and it and between it and the pattern mechanism and that the elements herein shown, described and claimed are a uni tary element in and may be replaced as a unit in connection with applicants pattern selecting device and applicants type casting and type setting machine.

I claim:

1. A pattern selecting shutter comprising a flat shallow channel bar, one flange of the channel being wider than the other, pivot arms extending laterally from the body of the channel in a direction generally opposite to the direction from which the flanges extend, an operating lever projecting laterally in general alignment with the body of the channel from the side thereof adjacent the wider flange.

2. A pattern selecting shutter comprising a flat shallow channel bar, one flange of the channel being wider than the other, pivot arms extending laterally from the body of the channel in a direction generally opposite to the direction from which the flanges extend, an operating lever projecting laterally in general alignment with the body of the channel from the side thereof adjacent the wider flange, the channel having a relatively curved working face tangent to the main body of the channel and the shorter flange.

3. A pattern selecting shutter comprising a flat shallow channel bar, one flange of the channel being wider than the other, pivot arms extending laterally from the body of the channel in a direction generally opposite to the direction from which the flanges extend, an operating lever projecting laterally in general alignment with the body of the channel from the side thereof adjacent the wider flange, the pivot arms comprising flat members engaging the body of the channel, an angle piece extending beyond the end of the channel bar inclined thereto and a pivot engaging piece extending from the angle piece and perpendicular to the part engaging the channel bar.

4. A pattern selecting shutter comprising a flat shallow channel bar, one flange of the channel being wider than the other, pivot arms extending laterally from the body of the channel in a direction generally opposite to the direction from which the flanges extend, an operating lever projecting laterally in general alignment with the body of the channel from the side thereof adjacent the wider flange, the operating lever comprising a flat member engaging the main body of, and extending substantially across and beyond the channel and perpendicular to the longer axis thereof, the outer end of the lever being rotated about the axis thereof through an angle of 90 degrees.

5. A pattern selecting shutter comprising a flat shallow channel bar, one flange of the channel being wider than the other, pivot arms extending laterally from the body of the channel in a direction generally opposite to the direction from which the flanges extend, an operating lever projecting laterally in general alignment with the body of the channel from the side thereof adjacent the wider flange, the operating lever comprising a flat member engaging the main body of, and extending substantially across and beyond the channel and perpendicular to the longer axis thereof, the outer end of the lever being rotated about the axis thereof through an angle of 90 degrees, there being holes in the end of the lever and at a point between the end of the lever and the point of rotation above referred to, so positioned that their axes are generally parallel with the axes of the channel.

6. An anchorage frame for pattern selecting ,mechanisms and the like comprising two rigid parallel side members, one longer than the other, a perpendicular cross member joining them at one end and a diagonal cross member joining them at the other, a short diagonal member interposed between the longer side member and the perpendicular cross member intermediate their ends and a third diagonal member extending i from the junction of the short side member and the perpendicular cross member between the two first members, diagonal members toward the long side member and terminating generally in line with the junction of the short diagonal member and the perpendicular member.

'7. An anchorage frame for pattern selecting mechanisms and the like comprising two rigid parallel side members, one longer than the other, a perpendicular cross member joining them at one end and a diagonal cross member joining them at the other, a short diagonal member interposed between the longer side member and the perpendicular cross member intermediate their ends and a third diagonal member extending from the junction of the short side member and the perpendicular cross member between the two first members, diagonal members toward the long side member and terminating generally in line with the junction of the short diagonal member and the perpendicular member, the three diagonal members each having a plurality of evenly spaced holes arranged along generally parallel lines adjacent their edges furthest removed from the perpendicular cross member.

8. An anchorage frame for pattern selecting mechanism and the like comprising two rigid parallel side members, one longer than the other, a perpendicular cross member joining them at one end and a diagonal cross member joining them at the other, a short diagonal member interposed between the longer side member and the perpendicular cross member intermediate their ends and a third diagonal member extending from the junction of the short side member and the perpendicular cross member between the two first members, diagonal members toward the long side member and terminating generally in line with the junction of the short diagonal member and the perpendicular member, the diagonal cross member joining the ends of the side members having removably mounted thereon in general alignment with the third diagonal member an apertured guide plate perpendicular to the plane of the anchorage frame.

9. In combination, a shutter bed or frame having a plurality of pattern selecting shutters pivoted thereon, an anchorage frame parallel with the shutter bed, operating levers projecting from the shutters toward the anchorage frame, a shutter operating rod associated with each lever and located between the two frames, a push rod pivoted on said lever and slidably engaging and guided by the anchorage frame and a tension spring interposed between the anchorage frame and the push rod at a point between its engagement with the lever and with the frame.

10. In combination, a shutter bed or frame having a plurality of pattern selecting shutters pivoted thereon, an anchorage frame paral el with the shutter bed, operating levers projecting from the shutters toward the anchorage frame, a shutter operating rod associated with each lever and located between the two frames, and a yielding tension member interposed between each lever and the anchorage frame.

11. In combination, a shutter bed or frame having a plurality of pattern selecting shutters pivoted thereon, an anchorage frame parallel with the shutter bed, operating levers projecting from the shutters toward the anchorage frame, a shutter operating rod associated with each lever and located between the two frames, and yielding means interposed between the lever and the anchorage frame adapted to resist movement of the shutter in response to the operating rods.

12. In combination, a shutter bed or frame having a plurality of pattern selecting shutters pivoted thereon, an anchorage frame paralel with the shutter bed, operating levers projectably guided at the other end on the anchorage frame, and a spring interposed between the anchorage frame and the rod intermediate its engagement with the lever and the frame.

13. In combination, a shutter bed or frame having a plurality of pattern selecting shutters pivoted thereon, an anchorage frame parallel with the shutter bed, operating levers projecting from the shutters toward the anchorage frame, a shutter operating rod associated with each lever and located between the two frames, means for yieldingly resisting shutter movement including springs interposed between the anchorage frame and the shutter levers, other means including push rods engaging the levers and slidable on and guided by the anchorage frame and yielding means resisting movement of said pushrods.

14. In combination, a shutter bed or frame having a plurality of pattern selecting shutters pivoted thereon, an anchorage frame parallel with the shutter bed, operating levers projecting from the shutters toward the anchorage frame, a shutter operating rodassociated with each lever and located between the two frames, the anchorage frame including a plurality of parallel diagonally disposed cross members, spaced therealong and yielding shutter movement resisting means interposed between the shutter levers and said diagonal members.

15. A pattern selecting shutter comprising a flanged bar having a generally curved working surface along one edge thereof, pivot arms extending laterally away from the bar at the ends thereof in a direction opposed to the flange, an operating lever projecting transversely from and in the same plane as the bar in a direction removed from the curved working face.

16. An anchorage frame for pattern selecting mechanisms and the like comprising side mem bers and a plurality of diagonal transverse members spaced along the side members and adapted to support pattern selecting control members.

17. In combination, a shutter bed or frame having a plurality of pattern selecting shutters pivoted thereon, an anchorage frame parallel with the shutter bed, the anchorage frame comprising a plurality of inclined cross members extending transversely of the shutter bed spaced along the anchorage frame and operating members associated with the anchorage members and the shutters.

18. In combination, a shutter bed or frame having a plurality of pattern selecting shutters pivoted thereon, an anchorage frame parallel with the shutter bed, the anchorage frame comprising a plurality of inclined cross members extending transversely of the shutter bed spaced along the anchorage frame and operating members associated with the anchorage members and the shutters, at least one of the inclined members extending clear across the shutter bed.

19. In combination, a shutter bed or frame having a plurality of pattern selecting shutters pivoted thereon, an anchorage frame parallel with the shutter bed, the anchorage frame comprising a plurality of inclined cross members extending transversely of the shutter bed spaced along the anchorage frame and operating members associated with the anchorage members and the shutters, at least one of the inclined members extending across part of the shutter bed only.

GEORGE HERBERT WHITE. 

